Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-28
DAILY HERALD.
SEDUCED HIS DAUGHTER.
Tho Horrible Crime with which
H. C.. Moore IL Charged.

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Yesterday morning II. G. Moore
and his daughter were arrested on a
charge of incest. The complaint was
sworn to by Chief Darcy. 1t charged
that on divers occasions the two had
bcen crilninally intimate. Deputy
Constable Fred c. Smith repaired to
the fruit store of the accused, at No.
3l4 South Main street, and arrested
both. Ii. C. Moore, the father, was
immediately taken to the City JUS
tees Court, and the young girl, Laura,
was temporarily handed over to Mrs.
Watson, of the Girls Home. When
arraigned before Justice Austin,
Moore said he wanted an immediate
examination. The court set the same
at 3 p. M, and remanded the prisoner
to the County Jail until that time in
default OF $500 bail. The daughter,
who is not more than Is years of age,
and by no means full-grown, was next
brought into court, and held for exam
ination in the sum of $500.
Moore and his daughter came here
from Georgia a little over year ago,
and some time since started fruit
market at 314 South Main street, un-
der. the New Denison. The girl Laura
lost her mother when a year old, and
has since lived with her father. She
is not a bad-looking girl, though she
has wart on her nose which dis
figures the symmetry OF her features.
She denied positively to Mrs. Watson
ever having had criminal relations
with the male prisoner, and he, on
his side, made similar denials. Moore
is a tall, stoutly-built man, with black
hair and big brown moustache and
beard, but clean-shaven checks, some
what inclined to badness on the top
of his forehead, about As to so years
OF age. They both admitted to Con-
stable Smith that they occupied the
same room together, but not the
same bed; that they had two cots.
When the room back OF the store was
examined it was found that this alle-
cation was untrue. There was a large
bed in it, but no cots.
When the case was called X. L.
Willis, the attorney for the defen-
dants, asked that the examination be
conducted with closed doors, to which
Justice Austin assented. The princi-
paI witnesses for the prosecution are
Gus Hess and A. Ackman, walters
at the New Denison. The testimony
ai these witnesses was right to the
point and left no doubt that the un-
natural brute Moore has abused his
daughter, to their knowledge, for
period covering three months. He
had SO demoralized his daughter that
she had become willing victim to
his lust. Police Officer Dunham, who
was called on one occasion to see
what was going on in the room back
of the fruit store, also testified that he
had irreiutable proof of the crime.
The facts brought out at the examina-
ton were utterly unit for printing.
The defendants offered no testimony
in their own behalf. The Court or
dered that the defendant, FL. q.
Moore, be held to answer in the sum
of $1,000 and the defendant, Laura
Moore, in the sum of $500. In default
oi bail both were committed to the
County Jail. The girl cried bitterly
toward the end of the examination.
but the father remained unmoved, and
after consulting with his attorney TOR
a while both prisoners were taken
away to Jail. The maximum punish
ment for this. crime is ten years IN
the penitentiary,